Wondering what to do with an English major?

An English major from a liberal arts college, where connections to other fields are important, is especially attractive to potential employers!

Jobs held by recent UMM graduates with an English major include:

Actor; Advertising; Agriculturist; Art Curator; Astronomer; Banking; Bookkeeping; Business Development; Chemist; Chiropractor; Coaching; Community Programming; Computer Programming; Design; Domestic Violence worker; Editing; Education administration; Entrepreneur; Environmental Health Specialist; Food Scientist; Horticulturist; Human Resources; Journalist; Lawyer; Legislator; Librarian; Management; Marketing; Media Director; News director; NGO work; Non-profit; Nursing; Optician; Paralegal; Performer; Physician; Physicist; PR; Professor; Publishing; Reporter; Social Worker; Teacher; Tech Writer; Theatre Art Director; TV news producer; University Administration; Writer; YMCA Camp director.

Of course, some of these careers require further training; recent alums have gone on to U graduate studies in English at such schools as Purdue, Notre Dame, Ohio State, and Indiana, or to library school at the University of Wisconsin. Others have gone to medical school, including Duluth and Mayo, or to law school, including the U of Chicago.

Alumni Outstanding English Major Award Winners

2006-07: Amanda Ochsner. Amanda is in the process of applying to graduate programs in both English literature and composition studies.

2005-06: John Alden.

2004-05: Maria Brandt. Maria went to the University of Wisconsin-Madison to earn a Masters in Library Science.

2003-04: Margaret Uttke. After graduation, Margaret attended Notre Dame University to pursue a Ph.D. in Renaissance literature.

2002-03: Erin Cary. Erin interned with Speakeasy Magazine, published by the Loft Literary Center in Minneapolis, then went on to pursue a Ph.D. at Ohio State University.

2001-02: Ben Melby. Ben graduated with a dual major in German and English and received a highly competitive recruitment fellowship to attend Indiana University, where he went to pursue a Ph.D. in Victorian literature.

2000-01: Michael Moore. Michael accepted a position working as the sports editor for Pope Country Tribune newspaper.